© Charlie Crane

Simon graduated with a first class BA Hons degree in Human Geography from The University of Sheffield (1996) followed by a Distinction in Photography from the National Council for the Training of Journalists (1997). He lives in Brighton, UK, with his wife and two daughters.

His photographs have been exhibited widely, with recent shows at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai and are held in a number of private and corporate collections, including the Deutsche Börse Art Collection, the George Eastman Kodak House and the Wilson Centre for Photography. He has been published in national and international magazines including Granta, The Sunday Times Magazine, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Next Level, Saturday Telegraph Magazine, Details, Art Review, Esquire, Der Spiegel and Le Monde.

In recognition for his work, Simon has received several awards including the Sunday Times Magazine ‘Ian Parry Award’ (1998), a ‘Getty Grant of Editorial Photography’ (2006) and the ‘Bright Spark Award’ from the Magenta Foundation in Toronto (2006). He was a student on the ‘World Press Masterclass’ in Amsterdam (2003) and identified by Photo District News in New York as one of their ‘PDN30 Emerging Artists’ (2004). More recently he received the ‘Vic Odden Award’ from the Royal Photographic Society (2007) - offered for a notable achievement in the art of photography by a British photographer aged 35 or under - and bursaries from the National Media Museum (2007) and Arts Council England (2008) to support We English. He was also featured in the Independent on Saturday Magazine’s ‘Talent Issue’ (2007) as one of their rising stars.

Motherland(Chris Boot Ltd), his first monograph, was published in 2007 followed by We English in autumn 2009 (Chris Boot Ltd), both to critical acclaim. A major exhibition of the We English series is currently on show at the National Media Museum, Bradford, until 5th September 2010.

He is represented by The Photographers' Gallery in London, Klompching Gallery in New York and Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg.

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